Manual of Scientific Enquiry - Prepared for Use of Her Majesty s Navy Adapted for Travellers in

Klappentext This 1849 publication was intended to encourage and assist naval officers in collecting scientific information on their travels. Zusammenfassung Each section of this work! published in 1849 by the Admiralty to encourage a spirit of scientific enquiry among naval officers! was written by experts! including Darwin! Hooker and Whewell! and edited by Sir John Herschel. It suggests areas of research! and gives advice on making and recording observations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Memorandum Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty; Preface Sir J. F. W. Herschel; 1. Astronomy G. B. Airy; 2. Magnetism Lieut.-Col. Sabine; 3. Hydrography Capt. Beechey; 4. Tides Dr. Whewell; 5. Geography W. J. Hamilton; 6. Geology Charles Darwin; 7. Earthquakes R. Mallet; 8. Mineralogy Sir H. T. de la Beche; 9. Meteorology Sir J. F. W. Herschel; 10. Atmospheric waves W. R. Birt; 11. Zoology Richard Owen; 12. Botany Sir W. Hooker; 13. Ethnology Dr. Pritchard; 14. Medicine and medical statistics Dr. Bryson; 15. Statistics G. R. Porter; Appendix.

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• Authors: John Frederick William Herschel, Sir John Frederick William Herschel
• Assisted by: John Frederick William Herschel (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.06.2011
• EAN: 9781108029179
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02917-9
• No. of pages: 524
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, Geographical discovery & exploration, Geographical discovery and exploration, Earth Sciences